Community leaders met Wednesday morning after a video of Boston police officers trying to arrest a man last week in Roslindale went viral.

Community leaders met Wednesday morning after a video of Boston police officers trying to arrest a man last week in Roslindale went viral.

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Updated: 5:25 PM EDT Aug 26, 2015

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WEBVTT TODAY, A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS HELD TO DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED. HERE'S THE STORY. POLICE MAKE GOING ON A LONGSTANDING COMMITMENT TO TALK ABOUT ALL THAT'S CONTROVERSIAL AND TO HAVE TRANSPARENCY IN INVESTIGATION. HERE'S CELL PHONE VIDEO OF WANT POLICE OFFICER'S HANDS AROUND AN 18-YEAR-OLD'S NECK LAST WEEK. DO YOU THINK OFFICER IS USING EXCESSIVE FORCE? I DID. MY INITIAL REACTION WAS HE WAS BEING CHOKED. I DON'T THINK IT WAS EXCESSIVE FORCE. THE COMMISSIONER SAYS THE 30-YEAR VETERAN OFFICER IS ARRESTING A TEEN FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND USING HIS HANDS TO PUSH HIM IN THE CRUISER AS HE SWEARS AT POLICE AND RESISTS ARREST. THAT WAS A SITUATION THAT WAS SPIRALING AND THAT WAS ESCALATING AND IT'S THEIR JOB AND THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TRAINED TO DEFUSE AND DEESCALATE SITUATIONS NO MATTER WHAT IS HEAD TO THEM. POLICE IN A CHALLENGING SITUATION EXHIBITED A SIGNIFICANT AND COMMENDABLE RESTRAINT. LEADERS MET WITH THE COMMISSIONER AT HEADQUARTERS. IF A PARENT HAD DONE THIS TO THEIR OWN CHILD, WOULD WE BE PUTTING HIM UP FOR CHARGES? AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY TO DETERMINE IF THE OFFICER SHOULD BE DISCIPLINED. I THINK IN THE END, I'M HOPING THAT THE LEARNING HERE IS THAT YOU NEVER PUT YOUR HAND AROUND ANYONE'S NECK, PERIOD. THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING, PARTICULARLY AFTER WHAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPEN IN NEW YORK. POLICE INSIDE ADMITTING THERE IS NO PROTOCOL FOR HANDS ON NECK. COMMUNITY LEADERS SAYING AT THE VERY LEAST THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE

Community leaders at odds over BPD arrest video

Community leaders met Wednesday morning after a video of Boston police officers trying to arrest a man last week in Roslindale went viral.